Johns Hopkins PodMed - Weekly Health News Podcast

Johns Hopkins Medicine is pleased to present its health and medicine podcast, a lively discussion of the week’s medical news and how it may affect you. This five to seven-minute free program features Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for J

This week's topics include surgery for hip fractures and the impact of delay, coronary artery calcium scanning efficacy, emergence of resistant malaria, and a new medication for congestive heart failure.

This week's topics include soy and menopausal symptoms, geographic variations in angiography, phlebotomy and anemia in those with heart disease, and ten year results from deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease.

This week’s topics include use of medical therapy for people with heart disease, risk of NSAIDs in those who’ve had a heart attack, overuse of colonoscopy, and physician attitudes toward continuing medical education (CME).

This week’s topics include shedding of herpes viruses even when no lesions are present, treating nerve pain related to diabetes, physicians recommending one treatment to patients but another to themselves, and risks of acne treatment with antibiotics.

implantable monitor for congestive heart failure, in utero surgery for one form of spina bifida, more evidence that axillary node dissection may not be necessary, and response to vaccination in infants of HIV infected moms.

Who responds to the anticlotting drug clopidogrel, the dangers of trying to kick an opiate drug habit, how to reduce your risk of colorectal cancer, and controlling high blood pressure with a visit to the barber.

Patient and physician expectations of stenting, comparisons of surgical centers for bypass surgery on the heart, age-related responses to removing blockages of the carotid artery, and sleep and obesity in youth.

Best practices for flu immunization, when to implant a defibrillator after a heart attack, benefit lack in using nontraditional factors to predict coronary artery disease, and which foods cause the majority of food borne illness.